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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without
From:       Chris Coleman <chrsclmn () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-07-31 23:51:35
Message-ID: CAAve8qU8qSFg52Sg5BVzGp0FuZpYCap-XjASXv6hxeHy1tELHg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 30 July 2011 08:27, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> wrote:

> Since running separate /usr without mounting it from initramfs on top of
> / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long time now[1][2][3]
>
> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235
> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr
> [3]
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
>
> Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the
> handbook?
>

I reported this to bugzilla[1] in June. There was no resolution, but the
discussion was interesting and worth reading. To summarize, changing the
handbook would be a start, but it doesn't solve the larger problem, and
separate /usr will be supported for as long as it is practical to do so.

I don't know how to resolve the situation, but I'm relieved to hear that
other people care.

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372317

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<div class="gmail_quote">On 30 July 2011 08:27, Samuli Suominen <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ssuominen@gentoo.org">ssuominen@gentoo.org</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Since running separate /usr without mounting it from \
initramfs on top of<br> / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long \
time now[1][2][3]<br> <br>
[1] <a href="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235" \
target="_blank">http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235</a><br> [2] <a \
href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr" \
target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr</a><br>
 [3] <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken" \
target="_blank">http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken</a><br>
 <br>
Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the handbook?<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I reported this to bugzilla[1] in June. There was no \
resolution, but the discussion was interesting and worth reading. To summarize, \
changing the handbook would be a start, but it doesn&#39;t solve the larger problem, \
and separate /usr will be supported for as long as it is practical to do so.<br> \
<br>I don&#39;t know how to resolve the situation, but I&#39;m relieved to hear that \
other people care.<br><br>[1] <a \
href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372317">https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372317</a><br>




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